Managing Director for Risk Management
David Coleman joined EBRD as Managing Director, Risk Management in January 2014, when he assumed responsibility for Credit Risk, Market Risk, Equity Investment Risk Management, Operational Risk and Recovery activities.
He is a member of the Operations Committee, Risk Committee and Asset and Liability Committee. In addition Mr Coleman has led multiyear projects across the whole Bank, including a Culture Change Programme and chaired the Implementation Steering Group of a three year broader change programme, deepening outsourcing, automation, agile working and improving efficiency.
He has a banking career stretching over 40 years in retail, wholesale and investment banking at Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust and beginning with NatWest.
More recently, from September 2008 he was appointed as the Chief Risk Officer of the Investment Banking arm of RBS/NatWest Group, with responsibility for rebuilding the Risk Management and Compliance functions of the Division, until the decision to exit from those businesses in 2013.
He is co-author of the risk management examination text for the global professional body PRMIA and is currently Vice Chair and Chair elect, (term to begin January 2021), of the PRMIA Global Board.
